Structural repairs to our basementDuring the course of planning this project, severe
structural deterioration was found in several concrete beams that
make up the Old Central Fire Station's foundation. About $100,000 in
repairs will be made in the building's basement crawl-space to shore
up these beams.

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December 2001, Once the weight of the second floor is supported by
the temporary shoring,
the rotten sections of wood are cut from the base of the four main
support columns.
After new concrete footings are poured, the weight of the second
floor will
be lowered back down onto these four orgional wooden columns